Mitzvos
The hebrew word for giving charity.
tzedakah
Israel was founded in what year?
1948
What is the traditional Israeli food eaten on Chanukah?
Sufganiyot
Who left his home to go to a new land?
Abraham
Which country has the third highest Jewish population the world?
France
what do we do with a citron fruit, willow leaves, myrtle leaves and a palm frond?
shake them together.
Which country does Israel border to it's south?
Egypt
What is eaten on Passover?
Matzah
Who led the Jews out of Egypt?
Moses
Which spiritual movement arose across the Jewish world around 1100?
Kabbalah
What we read on Shabbat morning that helps us learn about our history and mitzvos?
the torah portion
Who is the current prime minister of Israel?
Benjamin Netanyahu
What fried food do we eat on the holiday of Chanukah?
Latka
Who saved the Jewish people in Persia?
Esther
How many Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust?
6 million
What mitzvah do we do on Passover night?
we read the haggadah
Israel has the strongest---------in the world.
Air Force.
What traditional food is eaten on Friday Night?
Matzah ball soup
Who fought against the Greeks?
The Maccabees
Which world-wide famous prize has had 20% of hteir winners been Jewish?
Nobel prize
What do we eat in a Sukkah?
to remind us of when we were living in the desert, we lived in huts.
What was the name of the war that Israel won in 1973?
Yom Kippur War.
What holiday do we eat apples and honey on?
Rosh Hashana
Who was thrown in a pit and survived?
Joseph
Which empire expelled the Jewish people in from our homeland in the year 67 ACE ?
The Roman Empire